From: lukas.mariman@REMOVEdommel.be   
      
   "Bernie Dwyer"  schreef in bericht   
   news:4813D8DA.11EFE959@yahooz.comz.auz...   
   > Netrunner wrote:   
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   >> And for GOD's sake, PLEASE back up your data.   
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   >> Netrunner.   
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   > Amen brother - got a customer whose data I had to recover from a crashed   
   > HDD - got back all but about 100 of *thousands* of photographs. Advised   
   > her to get a new computer because I couldn't guarantee the   
   > mobo/processor/memory/video/whatever wouldn't die next week, and then   
   > she's thowing good money after bad. So, she buys a new machine, I   
   > transfer all files from the old machine, she's even bought blank DVDs to   
   > do the backups.   
   >   
   > Twelve months down the track, the HDD in the new machine fails (bad MBR)   
   > - it's still under warranty, so I tell her to contact the retailer for a   
   > replacement/repair.   
   >   
   > "And you've got your backups, right?"   
   >   
   > Sheepish look from customer.   
   >   
   > "well, I bought the discs, but I never got around to it."   
      
   D'ohh!! Some people are just asking for it. :-/   
      
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